Bearing



B. S. MOORE.

BEARING.

APPLICATION FjLED JAN. 23. 1920. l 424,15 Patented Aug. 1,1922,

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BENJAMN S. TROUBLE, 0F lVILKINSBURG, PENTSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNOB, T0 WESTING- SYLVANIA.

BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lPa-tentedriug. 1, 19922.

Application filed January t3, 192D. Serial No. 353,562.

lle it known that l, Baumann S. Moons, a citizen. o lf the 'United fltates, and a resident of lllillfinsbure', in the county of Allegheny and State of lennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in' Bearings, of which the followingv a speciiication.

lily invention relates to bearings for use on vehicles, such, for example, as electric locomotive, railway cars and the like, and it has for its object to provide a simple and novel type of bearing` for supporting the motor on the nheel axle which shall be particularly adapted to prevent the entry of any foreign material Whatever to Jthe bearingr surfaces. i

ln the accompanying` drawing, I show, in Fin'. l, my invention embodied in a quill drive on the wheel axle of. an electric locomotive, one truck of which is shown in seetlon; and in Fig, 2, l show my invention embodied in a direct drive connection on a railway car.

In the manufacture of vehicles requiring` the supporting of the power motors on the wheel axles, a number of different types of bearings have been used. Of these different types, the most satisfactory has been that in which the motor is supported upon the eentral part of the axle or quill by means of axle bearings and is also provided with thrust-bearingy surfaces which engage a portion of one ofthe resilient drive members to prevent lateral movement of the car Wheels With respect to the motor or motors. A

common fault of all of the previously used structures is that it vvas practically impossible to prevent the admission of dust and other foreign material to the bearing surfaces.

By my invention, l provide a new vtype of beariiug which consists of a novell combination and arrangement of an axle and a thrust bearing` that may readily be completely enclosed within a relatively simple easing, thus preventing the admission of any foreign matter Whatever.

For a better understanding' of my invention, reference may new be had to the dravvings. in Fig. l of which I show an electric motor 3 supported upon, and connected so as to drive, a Wheel axle e bv means of gears 5 mounted upon the motor axle and gears 6 mounted upon a quill 'i' surrounding the axle l and meshing With the gears 5. The

Aand do not constitute Wheel axles et quill 7 drives wheels S, mounted upon the wheel axle 4l, by means of resilient connections 9, which may be of any desired type any portion of my present invention. The weight of the cab of the engine is borne by the .frame members 'l0 which are supported upon the ends of the by means of journal boxes `11, through resilient members 10a. The ends of the quill 7 are in engagement with the hubs of the vvheels 8, preventing relative lateral movement thereof.

The central portion of the quill is provided vvith spaced thrust collars 12, and the axle-bearing member `13 is provided `With internal annular shouldersMv that are adliacent to, but longitudinally displaced from, the collars 12, and its outer ends are'provided with internal annular flanges 15. Interposed betiveenthe quill 7 and the axlebearing member 13, adjacent to the ends of the latter, are liners 16 the inner ends of Which are provided with annular flanges 17, that are located between the collars 12 and the shoulders 14. The liners 16 may readily be replaced when Worn' yor otherwise impaired and the members associated therewith are so constructed and assembled, as above described, as to completely enclose the axlebearing` surfaces and the thrust-bearing surfaces andV thus prevent the admission of foreign niatterthereto.

lf desiredfor purposes of inspection, an opening 18, may be left in one portion of the bearing member, and a cover 19 may be provided therefor so yaste prevent the admission of injurious material therethrough. The bearing member 13 comprises a main upper bearing portion and a lower axle cap member, as is usual in such structures, both of which are herein jointly designated as a beni-innl member throughout this specification. lf it is desired,` the thrust collars 12 may be combined into a single enlarged pori au not so,

ders,` corresponding to the shoulders ist, as described in connection with Fig. l. Flanges 26 of the bearing member 2O engage the-axle outside of theliner members 2a, these flanges being similar to the flanges l5 shown in Fig;

l. The chief distinction between the structures of Fig. l and Fig. V2 is that, in the structure of Figui, the 'Wheels are driven through av resilient-quill drive, Whereas, in the structure of Fi 2, the motor is directly connected to the Wheel-axle through gea-rs ivithin a gear box 27.

From thek drawings, it will be `apparent that my invention is equally adaptable to an' electric locomotive provided with a quillt'or other drive and to a railway car provided with a simple direct drive.` Also,that, by the particulararrangementl of the thrustand axle bearings, with respect to each otherand to the shaft, the relatively simple combined bearing and cover member may be `utiliz/Led to totally enclose all of the bearing sur faces, thus preventing the admission of foreign` material thereto.

,Vvhile I have shownbut one vform of my invention, and have described in detail but a singlev application. of the saine,it will be obvious tov those skilled inthe art that it is limited but that various minor modifications .and changes maybe made therein ivitliont departing from the spiritl and scope thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placedthereupon as are imposed bythe prior" art, oi' as are set forthinthe appended claims.

I claim asmy invention: l l. In a vehicle,- an` axle member provided with axle and thrust-b earine,` surfaces'1 axle Y and'` thrust; bearing members. eiigaging saidsurfaces, and coverf means completely enclosing all of said bearingsurfaces. i

2. In a vehicle, a Wheel-axleprovided With p a thrust collar, aft-hrust-.bearing member enaging said collera-*axle bearings engaging d `shaft voutside of'` said collar, andl cover ineaiiscompletely enclosing all of said bearing surfaces.

i an axle-bearing su my, i920.

naa/asie 3. ln a railway vehicle, a Wheel axle pi'ovided with.` tvvo spaced centrally disposed thrust-bearing surfaces, bearing means comprisingtwo spaced thrust-bearing `members engaging said surfaces, and an axle-bearing d surface engaging the said shaft adjacent said 'thrust-bearing surfaces, and a cover member enclosing said bearing surfaces.

4g. ln a vehicle, a Wheel axle provided with two spacedr centrally disposed thrust collars, a bearing member mounted on each end of said axle andcomprising acoinbined axle and thrust bearing, anda cover member enclosing said bearings.

5; ln a Vehicle, a Wheel axle provided with two, spaced centrally disposed thrust collars, a plurality oflieuring i'zienrbers mounted on said axle` andV each comprising a combined `aille and thrust bearing, liners linterposed-between said axle surfaces and said bearing-member surfaces, and means Aintegral With said bearing members for enclosingV said bearingliners, axle Collars andthe portion/of the axle intermediate said bear inO's.V f

6. In a vehicle, a Wheel axle provided With tivo spaced centrally disposed thrust collars,

bearing liners engaging said thrust collars and a portionof the shaft adj acont thereto, and means for enclosing` said bearings compi'isiiigytivo bearing members engaging said bearing liners and means'integral ivithsaid hearing members for engaging said shaft outside of said bear-ing liners and for enclosingthe central portion of vsaid shaft.

'7. lli al vehicle, awheel. axle provided with two oppositely disposed thrust-bearing surfaces on the central portion thereof andqvvith face on each side thereof, and a bearing surrounding said` axle and provided with both vthrust l and a-Xlebeai'iiig surfaces adaptedto engage coacting sur-faces on said axle.`

ln y testimony `whereof, l. have hereunto subscribed myv name this'thday of Jann- `iariiiiaiiiii s. Moons. 

